Growth in demand for private care

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) April 1999Just over a quarter of all patients visiting dental practices in the UK now pay privately for dental care,...

NHS Direct services to expand

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this month that the NHS is to promote six new ways in which the...

New MRI Unit nears completion

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999BUPA has unveiled details of what is thought to be a unique partnership with the NHS for the provision...

Joint approach to prison healthcare announced

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999The Prison Service and the Department of Health have announced details of a partnership approach to the provision of...

BMA warns doctors on BAMS pay offer

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999The British Medical Association (BMA) has reacted sceptically to reports that SEMA and Nestor Disability Analysis (NDA) are to...

Mental health committee publishes draft proposals

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999Initial proposals of the Mental Health Act Review Expert Committee have been issued for formal consultation this month. The...

ABPI proposes NICE alternative

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has put forward an alternative approach to the National Institute for...

Sector strengthens calls for equal regulation

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999The independent sector has this month, in oral evidence to the Health Select Committee, strengthened its calls for the...

Government meets waiting list target

Healthcare Market News (News) April 1999Department of Health figures on the number of patients on waiting lists released this month show that the government...

HSA chairman

Healthcare Market News (Personnel) April 1999HSA Healthcare has announced the appointment of Major General Brian Pennicott as chairman. He joins the group from Royal...